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VA LAWYERS WEEKLY ARTICLE QUOTES JOHN SIMEK

June 27, 2013

In the May 20 Issue of VA Lawyers Weekly, an article by Correy E. Stephenson entitled “Hacked: What to do if your office computers are breached” quoted Sensei Vice President John Simek.

Excerpt: “While stories of foreign hackers and data breaches may seem unlikely in the commonwealth, “it can happen to anyone,” warned John Simek, vice president of Sensei Enterprises, a digital forensics and information security company in Fairfax.

Take the example of criminal defense firm Puckett & Faraj in Alexandria. Last year, the firm was one of several targets of the hacker group known as Anonymous. The firm had defended a U.S. Marine staff sergeant in a case involving the death of civilians in Iraq, which resulted in a conviction on reduced charges. Apparently protesting the less severe penalties for the Marine, Anonymous replaced the firm’s homepage with a video of hip-hop artist KRS-One rapping about police brutality and posted the firm’s emails on YouTube and other sites.

Neither the size of the firm nor the sophistication of the client base matters, Simek said. Family law attorneys have detailed information about clients’ assets while personal injury attorneys may have treasure troves of data, including Social Security numbers and credit card information. And law firms representing corporations may be an easier target than the company itself for data-seeking hackers.”